The first table below looks at the demand for XenServer skills in IT jobs advertised for the Slough region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XenServer over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the System Software category for the Slough region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenServer
Rank 70 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing XenServer 2 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 0.292% - -
As % of the System Software category 5.405% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Average salary £46,250 - -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All System Software
Slough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
37 52 63
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 5.409% 7.808% 13.21%
Number of salaries quoted 33 38 33
Average salary £47,500 £40,500 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.28% -2.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £29,800 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £45,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
XenServer
Berkshire

XenServer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing XenServer across the Slough region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Slough XenServer Jobs Demand Trend

XenServer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing XenServer across the Slough region.

Slough XenServer Salary Trend

XenServer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough region citing XenServer also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited XenServer.

1 16 (100.00%) Citrix
1 16 (100.00%) VMware
1 16 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (93.75%) MCITP
3 14 (87.50%) HP
4 13 (81.25%) MCTS
5 10 (62.50%) Cisco
6 9 (56.25%) Windows
6 9 (56.25%) Active Directory
6 9 (56.25%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (56.25%) Hyper-V
6 9 (56.25%) EqualLogic
7 8 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
7 8 (50.00%) DataCore
7 8 (50.00%) XenApp
7 8 (50.00%) XenDesktop
7 8 (50.00%) ProCurve
7 8 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
7 8 (50.00%) Time Management
7 8 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
7 8 (50.00%) Service Delivery
7 8 (50.00%) Wireless
7 8 (50.00%) 802.11
7 8 (50.00%) CCNA
7 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
7 8 (50.00%) SQL Server
7 8 (50.00%) ITIL
7 8 (50.00%) LDAP
7 8 (50.00%) MS Exchange
7 8 (50.00%) LAN

XenServer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough region citing XenServer also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited XenServer. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 8 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 8 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (6.250%) Lync
Applications
1 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (50.00%) LDAP
1 8 (50.00%) LAN
1 8 (50.00%) VoIP
1 8 (50.00%) WAN
1 8 (50.00%) SMTP
1 8 (50.00%) DHCP
1 8 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 8 (50.00%) VPN
1 8 (50.00%) DNS
1 8 (50.00%) 802.11
1 8 (50.00%) Wireless
2 6 (37.50%) NetScaler
3 1 (6.250%) Unified Communications
3 1 (6.250%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 8 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Technical Leader
2 6 (37.50%) Consultant
3 5 (31.25%) Citrix Consultant
3 5 (31.25%) Virtualisation Consultant
4 3 (18.75%) VMware Consultant
5 1 (6.250%) VMware Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Virtualisation Specialist
5 1 (6.250%) Product Specialist
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (6.250%) Citrix Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Implementation Consultant
5 1 (6.250%) Technical Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Citrix Consultant
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Citrix Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Implementation Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Implementation Consultant
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Implementation Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Virtualisation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (56.25%) EqualLogic
2 1 (6.250%) Celerra
Operating Systems
1 9 (56.25%) Windows
2 8 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) ITIL
1 8 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 8 (50.00%) Time Management
2 1 (6.250%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (6.250%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (6.250%) Business Development
2 1 (6.250%) Operations Management
Qualifications
1 15 (93.75%) MCITP
2 13 (81.25%) MCTS
3 9 (56.25%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (50.00%) CCNA
5 7 (43.75%) Citrix Certification
5 7 (43.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 7 (43.75%) CCEE
5 7 (43.75%) CCIA
6 6 (37.50%) CCAA
7 5 (31.25%) CCEA
8 3 (18.75%) CCA
8 3 (18.75%) VCAP
9 2 (12.50%) VCDX
10 1 (6.250%) NCDA
10 1 (6.250%) NCIE
10 1 (6.250%) HP AIS
10 1 (6.250%) HP ASE
10 1 (6.250%) MCSE
10 1 (6.250%) CCIE
10 1 (6.250%) CCNP
System Software
1 16 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (56.25%) Hyper-V
2 9 (56.25%) Active Directory
3 8 (50.00%) XenApp
3 8 (50.00%) XenDesktop
4 7 (43.75%) vSphere
5 3 (18.75%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (12.50%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) Citrix
1 16 (100.00%) VMware
2 14 (87.50%) HP
3 10 (62.50%) Cisco
4 8 (50.00%) ProCurve
4 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 8 (50.00%) DataCore
5 4 (25.00%) Veeam
5 4 (25.00%) IBM
6 3 (18.75%) NetApp
7 2 (12.50%) AppSense
7 2 (12.50%) Dell
7 2 (12.50%) EMC